| Object Number |
29-93-5 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Culture |
Owo-Yoruba |
| Provenience |
Nigeria |
| Culture Area |
Owo-Yoruba |
| Section |
African |
| Materials |
Ivory |
| Description |
Ivory. Double; inner cylinder locked with outer by raised carving. Yoruba ivory armlet. Double ivory armlets, carved from a single section of elephant tusk, are part of the ceremonial costume of chiefs. |
| Height |
13 cm |
| Width |
10.8 cm |
| Depth |
9.2 cm |
| Credit Line |
Purchased from the Estate of George Byron Gordon, 1927 |
| Other Number |
757 - Other Number | 125 - Other Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions
Bibliography
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| Plass, Margaret B. African Tribal Sculpture. The University Museum, 1956. See: p. 30 |
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| Wieschhoff, H. A. "II. The Cultures of Africa." The University Museum Bulletin XI, no. 1-2. (1945): 34-72. See: p. 65, fig. 24 |
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| Hall, Henry U. "Great Benin Royal Altar." The Museum Journal 13, no. 2. (1922): 105-168. See: pp. 142, 143, 145, fig. 59-61 |
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| Curnow, Kathy. Iyare! Splendor and Tension In Benin's Palace Theatre. 2016. See: p. 195 |
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